A Washington DC lawyer was recently arrested after attempting to bribe a tech company for $310,000 in Bitcoin in exchange for details on a whistleblower case filed against it.

Wearing a wig and using the moniker ‘Dan’, Jeffrey Wertkin wanted payment in the cryptocurrency and in return would swap the case details to the accused tech firm.

Wertkin, 40, a former partner at law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, contacted a “high ranking” employee at an unnamed California tech firm last year, claiming to possess a sealed lawsuit filed against them, according to court documents released by the FBI.

To prove he was genuine, Wertkin mailed a redacted version of the first page of the lawsuit to the company.

Under US law, the government does not have to notify a company under investigation as long as the complaint has been permitted by a court to remain under seal.

Believing a head start in any potential legal proceedings would be of interest to the company, ‘Dan’ asked for $310,000 in “untraceable” Bitcoin in exchange for the document.